People v. Anderson CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Procedural history The original six-count information charged defendants and codefendant Trevon Jermaine Brown (Brown) in count 1 with the willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder of Steve Farias (Farias), in violation of sections 664 and 187, subdivision (a), and in count 6, with the willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder of “John Doe,” a rival gang member. Defendants were also charged in count 5 with shooting at an inhabited dwelling in violation of section 246. Cox alone was charged in count 2 with violation of Vehicle Code section 10851, subdivision (a), and in

See People v. Wheeler (1978) 22 Cal.3d 258 (Wheeler) and Batson v. Kentucky (1986) 476 U.S. 79 (Batson).

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.

2 count 3, with possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of section 12021, subdivision (a)(1). Anderson was charged in count 4 with possession of an assault weapon in violation of section 12280, subdivision (b). The information also specially alleged as to counts 1 and 5, that Anderson personally inflicted great bodily injury on Farias. As to all counts, it was alleged…